The LHCb Silicon Tracker, pt.1

LHCb is one of the experiments for the Large Hadron Collider, dedicated to B-physics and CP-violation measurements. To fully exploit the physics potential, a good tracking performance with high efficiency in a high particle density environment close to the beam pipe is required. Silicon strip detectors with large readout pitch and long strips will be used for the LHCb Silicon Tracker. The design and test beam results are presented here.